{"id":79231,"date":"2026-10-08T11:17:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T11:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/783k-crypto-bust-ends-site-selling-stolen-images-of-17000-women\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T11:17:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T11:17:13","slug":"783k-crypto-bust-ends-site-selling-stolen-images-of-17000-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/783k-crypto-bust-ends-site-selling-stolen-images-of-17000-women\/","title":{"rendered":"$783K Crypto Bust Ends Site Selling Stolen Images of 17,000 Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"@container mb-[25px] rounded-sm overflow-clip py-0.5 pr-0.5 pl-2.5 bg-success-100\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-m overflow-clip rounded-[6px] !bg-success-10 p-3 @[420px]:p-m\">\n<h2 class=\"m-0 flex items-center gap-s text-[19px] !text-[#1c1c1c] md:text-[20px]\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"16\" height=\"10\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 10\" fill=\"none\" class=\"shrink-0 text-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M1 1.5h14\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><path d=\"M1 8.5h10\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><span>Key Takeaways<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"m-0 flex list-none flex-col gap-m pl-0\">\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">French and U.S. authorities shut down a website and arrested two suspects for targeting 17,000 women.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Investigators seized over $780,000 in bitcoin and ether, exposing illicit crypto-funded markets.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Prosecutor Laure Beccuau urged victims to contact police as joint enforcement tracks crypto trails.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Crypto-Driven Financial Scheme<\/h2>\n<p>French investigators have confiscated more than $783,000 (\u20ac700,000) in cryptocurrency during a joint French-U.S. operation that <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/darknet-giant-empire-market-offline-36-hours-blame-cast-massive-ddos-attack\/\">shut down<\/a> Nudeleaksteens, an online platform selling stolen intimate images of more than 17,000 women and underage girls.<\/p>\n<p>Paris Prosecutor Laure Beccuau announced on Oct. 7 that the seized digital assets spanned multiple cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin, ether, litecoin, and USDT.<\/p>\n<p>Cryptocurrency served as the core financial infrastructure for the criminal operation, incentivizing users and monetizing stolen content. According <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/en\/france\/article\/2026\/10\/07\/france-and-us-shut-down-platform-selling-sexual-images-of-women-and-girls_6758354_7.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">to a report<\/a>, users were rewarded with cryptocurrency in exchange for providing real names, locations, ages, and occupations to build targeted dossiers on individual victims.<\/p>\n<p>The network sold \u201cpacks\u201d of explicit photos and videos harvested through hacked social media accounts, online <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/after-exit-scam-incognito-darknet-market-operators-now-threaten-user-data-leak-in-extortion-twist\/\">grooming schemes and revenge porn<\/a>. As part of the law enforcement raid, two brothers, ages 21 and 25, were arrested Tuesday in northern France.<\/p>\n<p>Identified as the primary administrators of the site, the two men face charges related to running the <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/featured\/a-darknet-drug-ring-used-crypto-to-hide-its-money-binance-helped-india-freeze-its-assets\/\">illicit network<\/a> and distributing stolen media. The operation was conducted in close coordination with the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>American authorities noted that the platform explicitly distributed child sexual abuse material, including a standalone album containing more than 6,200 private nude files targeting predominantly American teenagers and adults.<\/p>\n<p>Beccuau reaffirmed that French and U.S. authorities remain committed to tracking digital currency trails to dismantle cybercrime networks and protect victims of illicit online distribution.<\/p>\n<div class=\"not-prose my-3 lg:my-4\">\n<div class=\"overflow-hidden rounded-lg !bg-[#E8EDFA] p-[9px] hidden md:flex md:flex-row md:gap-3 lg:hidden\"><a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" class=\"relative size-[150px] min-w-[150px] shrink-0 overflow-hidden rounded-[15px]\" href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/5-indicted-in-france-over-alleged-2m-crypto-aid-to-hamas\/\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"absolute left-2 top-2\"><img 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Investigators seized over $780,000 in bitcoin and ether, exposing illicit crypto-funded markets. Prosecutor Laure Beccuau urged victims to contact police as joint enforcement tracks crypto trails. 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